New debate looms ahead of November's typically low turnout midterm elections: House Speaker John Boehner said Friday he would create a select committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Republicans say it's clouded by a coverup by President Barack Obama and his top aides, an allegation Obama and other U.S. officials reject.

Social media doesn't see eye to eye on the issue, either. Skip ahead to see how, or read on if you need a primer on Friday's developments.

A long-term investigation by a select committee could ... provide a vehicle for Republican attacks on former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ahead of another potential presidential run in 2016. And it could unify the Republican approach, which showed fissures Thursday as two powerful GOP committee chairmen sparred over whether the military was prevented from responding to the attack.

The State Department, which ordered an independent review days after the attack, said the notion that it has stonewalled multiple, ongoing congressional investigations is "just false."

"We've produced tens of thousands of documents. We've done nine hearings, 46 briefings," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Friday. "We're committed to continuing to work with Congress. But what we're focused on and what we think Congress should be focused on is how to do this better in the future and how to bring those responsible for justice, not playing politics with Benghazi, as they continue to try to do."

Fernando Gay: Another deflection/distraction. Exploiting an american tragedy to score political points and hurt Clinton's chances in the next election. By the way, have you seen the latest jobs report...?

Laura Roberts Hawkins: It's a waste of time and money!

Tracy A Montgomery: It's about time. Had this been called a terrorist attack from the start, Obama would not have been reelected. It was an intentional coverup to divert focus away from another of his failures. And remember, the only person in custody in the whole mess is the guy that posted the video.

John F Murphy: Let's go back and find out why Reagan let over 200 young marines be killed in Beirut

Cesar Eduardo Perez: Waste of time. A politically motivated act. If they were interested in righting wrongs, they would be focusing on other issues.

Chase Brandon Kemp: Absolute waste of time. There are so many pressing issues going on domestically in this country and it seems that the primary focus for the GOP is to obstruct the President and to hurt the presidential ambitions of Hillary Clinton.

Butch Dye: Give it up ! Move on

Andy Seeley: Wow lots of hard line liberals and democrats on this feed. I agree this is politically motivated which is uncool. But doesn't someone want to know how this happened. All that's happened is stuff has been swept under the carpet. That doesn't seem right either

Joey Davis: Waste of time, nothing will come of it.

John Rauch: Sending Obama and Crew to prison will SAVE money. Admin has got to go!!!!

Chase Brandon Kemp: Would you also send the previous administration to prison for orchestrating a war on false pretenses?